Becca Rothfeld
Biographic Data
| ID | 1593243 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Becca Rothfeld |
| GIVEN NAMES | Becca |
| FAMILY NAME | Rothfeld |
| SIGNATURE | ROTHFELD B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Alcibiades at Criticism
This paper reads Plato's Symposium as an allegory for the practice of criticism—and as a solution to a canonical problem in aesthetics. In his Critique of Judgment , Immanuel Kant proposes that it is impermissible for us to defer to the aesthetic judgment of others, or to accept aesthetic judgments of works we have not directly encountered on the basis of others' testimony. What, then, is the purpose of criticism? I argue that the Symposium is an…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In recent years, a number of philosophers have suggested that the aesthetic value sometimes depends on moral value. In this paper, I motivate and defend the inverse position: the view that aesthetic value sometimes partially grounds moral value. I appeal to Grand Budapest Hotel and The Lovely Bones to show that maudlin treatments of morally serious subject matter are sometimes disrespectful, in part because they are maudlin; I appeal to Madame Bo…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In recent years, a number of philosophers have suggested that the aesthetic value sometimes depends on moral value. In this paper, I motivate and defend the inverse position: the view that aesthetic value sometimes partially grounds moral value. I appeal to Grand Budapest Hotel and The Lovely Bones to show that maudlin treatments of morally serious subject matter are sometimes disrespectful, in part because they are maudlin; I appeal to Madame Bo…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In recent years, a number of philosophers have suggested that the aesthetic value sometimes depends on moral value. In this paper, I motivate and defend the inverse position: the view that aesthetic value sometimes partially grounds moral value. I appeal to Grand Budapest Hotel and The Lovely Bones to show that maudlin treatments of morally serious subject matter are sometimes disrespectful, in part because they are maudlin; I appeal to Madame Bo…
Alcibiades at Criticism
This paper reads Plato's Symposium as an allegory for the practice of criticism—and as a solution to a canonical problem in aesthetics. In his Critique of Judgment , Immanuel Kant proposes that it is impermissible for us to defer to the aesthetic judgment of others, or to accept aesthetic judgments of works we have not directly encountered on the basis of others' testimony. What, then, is the purpose of criticism? I argue that the Symposium is an…
Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (1 work) · Aesthetic value (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Appeal (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Classical Antiquity Studies (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Criticism (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work)